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Submitted by
smurf95
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Top to Bottom Hesworth Common | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | second hand | | Strengths: | changes smoothly | | Weaknesses: | some times when you change down to first(the biggest)it jumps passed the biggest sprocket and gets stuck in the spokes, luckly it is easy to get it out... just keep pedling | | Bike Setup: | kona stinky 05, manitou stance forks, marzocchi roco rear damper, atomiclabatories wheel set | | Bottom Line: | its a great set of gears but they just need a bit of altering | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
supersleeper
a Cross Country Rider
from South Africa
Date Reviewed: July 12, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Good weight, lasts long. Best value for money. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | 950, 970, alivio | | Bike Setup: | Anthem. Reba team, XT front, X9 rear + shifters. Juicy 5 | | Bottom Line: | Best value for money. My first one 1 year old. No problems. Got another for a second wheelset. No problems. Cleans easily, clean shifts. Smooth. Strong. Get it. (In combo with a good deraillear and shifters) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mutantclover
a Cross Country Rider
from Idaho
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Chain Reaction | | Strengths: | Shifts great, lightweight, stays clean inside better now that it uses the aluminum spider (which is really just a cosmetic plus) | | Weaknesses: | Sometimes the chain jumps over the largest cog into the spokes (has only happened a couple times). The cassette has rivets to hold the large cog on the spider, and those rivets are not quite thick enough to keep the chain from going down past the cog, wedging awkwardly under my cassette (in a space that didn't exist until this spider design came out). Yet the rivets are the perfect thickness to hold the chain in there and give you a hell of a time trying to get the chain back out. When I say a hell of a time I mean 10 minutes of struggling and hoping you don't break the chain or cassette or your derailleur from all the pulling. But I have gotten it out each time with no damage. Shimano needs to make the rivets either thicker OR thinner to solve this problem! Personally I just don't shift into the first cog anymore, I find that at my slower than average cadence, 2nd gear is better in even the steepest climbs, because any slower and I'll be fighting to keep the bike pointed uphill. In other words I use only 8 speeds which is another problem, these should have different gearings available than just 11-32 or 11-34.
2nd problem is worse, somehow the 2nd smallest cog doesn't grip the chain. 7th and 9th work perfectly, but any significant power in 8th gear and the chain skips. It is a real PITA when riding to the trail head, it seems as though every stop sign I pull away from I'm in 8th gear unless and it skips like crazy. I don't know how it got this way, but I haven't been very hard on it nor is it very old.
It sounds as though the newer spiders have 5 arms and these haven't been bending the large cogs like the 4 arm spiders they were originally making. I also haven't had any trouble with it developing play, with approx 100 hours on the cassette. | | Similar Products Used: | ultegra 9 speed, deore hg-50, bmx freewheels. | | Bike Setup: | hardtail 3x9, sram long cage rear derailleur and sram chain. | | Bottom Line: | I would buy it again. It seems although they aren't perfect they're still the best I've ever used (besides my ultegra which is flawless, but I think that's because medium cage road derailleurs give you better chain wrap). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rome
a Weekend Warrior
from Yigo Guam
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt Tenjo, Channel 10 area | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$99.00 | | Purchased At: | EBay | | Strengths: | Light wieght, well built. Just looking at it copared to lower end cassettes and you can tell that there is qaulity built in to this cassette | | Weaknesses: | My spoke protector would fit with this cassette. Yah some say spoke protectors are overrated, but have you ever had to pull your derailer out of your spokes ten miles from home. Yes that can be a long walk | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Sram casssette that came on the bike | | Bike Setup: | '04 Fisher Marlin, stock with the following upgrades; LX M580 shifters, XT M770 front derailer, XT M770 crankset | | Bottom Line: | I picked this cassette up on EBay, it was a package deal with an HG93 chain. I've rode my bike with this set up for two races. So far the performance has been flawless. Here in Guam there is not a lot of flat land and all the riding in up/down hill. Some of the people I race with use this same cassette and have had no issues. And in case you’re wondering I'm 180lbs and regularly tackle 5% and up grades on this bike. I'm not sure on the longevity yet, you know how that goes, you can have it heavy and last a long time, or you can make it light for racing and expect to replace it at least every season or sooner depended on how hard you ride. Light weight means it will fold up on you if you are a hard rider, most racers aren't. Bottom line: I like it; it works for me but may not work for you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
orangeoyster
a
from sao paulo,brazil
Date Reviewed: February 29, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | lightweight | | Weaknesses: | it developed play. probably it´s because its so lightweight - only 250g makes it weak. i´ll try the sram 990 this time - it has 290g.... | | Similar Products Used: | deore lx, pg 950 and 970 | | Bottom Line: | i would not recomend this cassette. i like shimano crankset and chain, but this cassete is no good, unless you have extra $$ to replace your cassette onfently | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ognacy
a Cross Country Rider
from Warsaw
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike store | | Strengths: | shifts well, looks good | | Weaknesses: | developed play on the hub, damaging both | | Similar Products Used: | full range of shimano, some sram | | Bike Setup: | cannondale rush, xtr , avids, hugi | | Bottom Line: | This is easily the worst casette I ever had. And I had quite a lot during my last 15 years of biking. After no more than a week or two of intense riding it developed considerable play on the freewheel. You could move the cogs clockwise and counterclockwise on the hub without dismounting the casette. Now, this is not something I'd expect from XT. The brand new, matching XT hub was damaged beyond repair as the casette mounting rails were all bruised by the casette. I appreciate XT/XTR shifting and all but their casettes have turned from very good to absolute crap in just a few years. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Derick Thymes
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Walnut Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Sports Authority | | Strengths: | Makes your ride alot better and easy | | Weaknesses: | I have not had any | | Bike Setup: | I have all shimano deore m760 xt componets. Front and rear derailleur, the cassette, brake/shifter combo and hollowtect crankset. | | Bottom Line: | It is great and I so glad the I upgraded to it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pathfinder
a
from West Milford, NJ
Date Reviewed: February 14, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Light weight. Looks great. Positive shifts even under load. | | Weaknesses: | Upper cogs are weak. | | Similar Products Used: | Sram and other Shimano stuff over the years. | | Bike Setup: | Cruz Super light XT drive train. Avid mechanical disc. Reba Race fork. Fox Float shock. | | Bottom Line: | Any side load on the larger cogs and they bend like tin foil. They can be straighted out, but not on the trail, so you better not need the top cogs to finish a ride. The first time it happened I didn't know what was wrong. The chain was skipping all over the place. I've heard that a lot of riders are opting for the 8 speed for the extra strength. If you like a good looking cassette, buy it. If you prefer reliability over looks, avoid it.
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Submitted by
Darell Dickey
a Weekend Warrior
from Davis, CA
Date Reviewed: December 10, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Any that I have time for and that I don't bleed from | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Easy to find, and very common | | Weaknesses: | WEAK larger gears. I don't know if it is the fault of the 4-arm carrier, or the material of the gears. On the second ride of my new bike, I bent the second largest gear like it was butter. And was doing nothing more exciting than - you guessed it - changing gears. First time in 30 years of riding that I've ever bent a cassette gear, and I bent it GOOD. Yes, I can bend it back to *almost* where it should be, but what gives? This is the XT level? One from the top? Please. I just swapped it out with a SRAM 990, and the five arms and sturdier gears at least look like they'll stand up to far more miles. I honestly haven't had a chance to ride it yet, but here's hoping. | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM 990 | | Bike Setup: | http://darelldd.com/darell/voodoo.htm | | Bottom Line: | With my initial experience, I would not buy another one of these, and wouldn't recommend that others buy it either. I'm running SRAM chains now, so I might as well try out the cassette as well. I really can't imagine how Shimano is selling these things. When I hear others complain about big-name components that bend easily, etc. I usually just gloss over the review and move on. And here I am reporting the same thing that I really didn't believe. I've never bent ANY other cog set, and I only manged about 20 miles on this one before it flopped over on me. I thought I'd broken my derailleur when it happened. Just amazed the hell out of me, and crapped all over my ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave
a Cross Country Rider
from land o lakes, fl, usa
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | alafia river state park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | I can replace it easily and quickly every time it bends or otherwise fails (I have gottn good at this thru repeated practice) | | Weaknesses: | weak, weak, weak larger cogs; cost for quality is not a good deal | | Similar Products Used: | 1 lx 8 speed cog for the entire life of my #2 bike. 2-3 years of serious off-road use and 5-6 years of paved trail / neighborhood beater use | | Bike Setup: | ti hardtail, marzocchi fork, truvativ cranks, bontrager race wheels with king hubs | | Bottom Line: | I have used xt 9 speed GARBAGE on my "good" rig since new in 1999. I have gone through 5 xt cassettes, with failures including a broken tooth on my very FIRST ride and bent larger cogs on every single one of these p.o.s. cassetes. The bendage usually occurs within the first 6 months of use. I have been successful at un-bending them in some cases, but that is very temporary. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Acworth
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson/Performance | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | quickly develops play on brand new Chris King free hub. | | Similar Products Used: | Lx, Xt | | Bike Setup: | RX100, King Hubs, 719XM rims, RLT100, RP3, Thomson, XT, Avid SD SL, 959 | | Bottom Line: | This review is for two, XT 760, 11-34 cassetts. I weigh about 215 with gear and ride mostly XC. I have been riding for about 10 years and have never put alot money or thought into cassetts, that is until I decided to switch from the 11-32 XT to the 11-34 XT. My 11-32 was a 750 model and I never had any trouble with it. The 11-34 XT 760's began developing play on the free wheel hubs after a few rides. I have used shims and done all I know to do but I cant keep this Cassett from moving on the King hubs. I had chain slipping issues as well but this all began after the looseness developed. I cant say for sure I bent any specific cogs but I can say for sure that this cassett will develop play, and for what reason, I dont know. Please feel free to pass along any information you have concerning this issue to me. I am going to accept the failures as cheaply made products under higher stress than designed until someone enlightens me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
theman inthewoods
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland, Oregon, USA
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Surveyor's Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$53.00 | | Purchased At: | QBP | | Strengths: | Light, good shifting. Looks nice. | | Weaknesses: | This product is weak! Third lowest cog bent and warped on two separate cassettes in the same place! | | Similar Products Used: | It's been a while, but I once had a cheap SRAM cassette. | | Bike Setup: | tricked out Trek Fuel. Magura Marta SLs, XT/XTR drivetrain, Thomson Masterpiece seatpost, Race Face NEXT bar/Dues stem, King headset, King hubs homelaced to DT Swiss 4.1d rims. | | Bottom Line: | I see that I'm not the first to have problems with this cassette bending and wearing fast. Some of those other riders mention that they are on the heavier side. Well I only weigh 160lbs, probably 175 with a camelback on and I have now bent two separate XT cassettes in the same place, both times within the first 50 miles on the cassette. I also find it funny that the same ring bent both times--the third lowest gear on an 11-32 cassette. In both cases the cog has bent toward the higher (smaller) cogs, and I don't mean one tooth. The entire arc from one attachment pin on the spider to the next was bent a few millimeters, causing it to not shift and worse. I climb ridiculously steep things sometimes, but come on! On the first cassette this happened to I actually was able to carefully hammer the bend out of the ring with a hammer and a screwdriver and it worked fine for the rest of the cassette's life. I'm going to try it on this one too. I'm slowly losing my faith in Shimano. I love the way the stuff shifts, but the parts that wear, like cassettes and chainrings, just don't last for *%$#. My middle XT chainring lasted literally 300 miles! And I clean my drivetrain religously and change all my drivetrain parts at the same time. I may try a SRAM cassette next time. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
RaggedEdge
a
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Shifts well when not bent. | | Weaknesses: | Larger cogs bend very easy. I just trashed my 4th one. I have bent the 3 largest cogs on at least one of the 4. | | Similar Products Used: | older XT & XTR | | Bike Setup: | Turner 5 Spot | | Bottom Line: | I have used XT & XTR since the lines were created. I had never bent a cog until the 970 come out. It is junk, it just bends too easy. It does shift well prior to bending but I am moving to SRAM. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew L
a Weekend Warrior
from Detroit
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | treefarm | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Shifts smoothly, light | | Weaknesses: | Wears out way too quickly, Price | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Deore Cassette | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Hardrock Pro, LX Hollowtech 2 Cranks, SRAM Rocket Shifters | | Bottom Line: | I was in love with this cassette until about a month ago. I started to have severe chain skipping issues. I took it for an expert to look at and he said I was putting too much torque on the lower gears and wore them out two quickly. I replaced a couple of the smaller cogs and the problem seemed to go away, that is until last week; I was now having chain skip on the large cogs on the carrier! Those are not even replaceable and as such the whole cassette will have to be replaced. I had less than 300 miles on this cassette, I know I am a heavy rider (230 lbs,) but I also have a Shimano Deore level cassette that I have over 500 miles on with NONE of these problems, and I would say I've easily been rougher on that one than this one. Bottom line, if other cassettes are like mine (and from what I see many are,) I'd suggest going with an LX or a Sram 900 Series. The weight savings aren't worth the hassle and expense. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Corey C
a Cross Country Rider
from Enumclaw, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Black Diamond | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Light Weight, shifts under pressure, wears well | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, SRAM | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Giant Trance, Marzocchi MX Pro ETA, XT M760-M765 throughout | | Bottom Line: | This cassette has performed well after about 200 miles. I weigh about 200 with all my gear on and I have never worried about shifting this bike under load. It just shifts, flawlessly. The cassette design grabs the Shimano Chain immediately when downshifting up a hill and doesn't complain about it. The Cassette is a bit pricier than the Deore, but you're paying for the weight savings. If you're not concerned about weight, it may not be worth it but the design is very slick because it's very open on the inside. If you're concerned about durability, it may be a little weaker than the Deore because of the aluminum sprocket braces, but I haven't seen any evidence of that. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Warren
a Weekend Warrior
from The OB, MS
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Womble Trail, Mt. Ida AR | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Perfomance Bike | | Strengths: | Light, seemingly durable, perfect shift spacing | | Weaknesses: | None i can see | | Similar Products Used: | Some crappy 7spd sram that came with my bike | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F300 Aluminum Frame, XT derailures, XT rapid fire shifters, XT casset and cranks, Manitou Splice Elite fork, Rhynolite Rims w/ XT hubs | | Bottom Line: | Spo far so good, they sure beat the old 7 spd i had. im happy with the product, the shift spacing to me seems to be perfect. Best of all it wont break the bank when you get one. i hope my mind doesnt change when i put it under a lot of stress. i doubt it will though. i would recommend this and most any XT product out there to anyone who bikes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BigBro
a
from NorCal
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | steep ones! | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | * The 11-32 has the perfect spread. I paid a LOT more to get the 11-32.
* Shifts well every time.
* Love the aluminum spider! | | Weaknesses: | Noisy shifts - "ding". This is nothing though. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, SRAM | | Bike Setup: | Which one??? | | Bottom Line: | Great cassette! Too expensive, but it works. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shimano XT
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Date Reviewed: November 4, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | light, strength, looks | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM 950,970,990, Shimano LX XTR | | Bike Setup: | standard | | Bottom Line: | Its nice and light, cheaper than XTR and SRAM. I ride lots, the cassett still ok within 2 years. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Schoenly
a Cross Country Rider
from Fort Collins
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Porcupine Rim today - who knows tomorrow | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Um, I guess its light and I got a smoking deal on it | | Weaknesses: | weak sauce - I bent the sprocket carrier, this product is engineered to be light and therefore it is weaker than the Deore. | | Similar Products Used: | Deore cassette that I had to put back on and is still working well | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Stumpjumper FSR 04 with Mavic 819/XT rims and Avid BBDB 7 brakes | | Bottom Line: | Well I weigh in the 190's, so I am a little harder on stuff, so that's why I bought the XT cassette, I thought it would be better, but it's not. I bent the sprocket carrier with 60 miles of riding. I was cranking up Slick Rock and "twang" it gave out on me. Granted it was trying to ascend a super steep part of the Slick Rock trail but still. I should not be able to bend the cassette up any incline. This cassette simply should be engineered stronger than that.
Maybe Shimano needs to put a weight limit on XT stuff.
I am going back to an all steel cassette that I can't bend so darn easy | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert
a Cross Country Rider
from Brentwood, NY
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Rocky Point | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Light weight | | Weaknesses: | Durability .... | | Similar Products Used: | LX | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F600.. w/ Ultra Fatty Fork... XT Hollow cranks, XT front and XTR rear derailleurs, Monkey Lite Hi-rise Bar.. Cane Creek Aeroheat wheels ... | | Bottom Line: | I purchased a set of Cane Creek Wheels and purchased a new XT 9 speed cassette earlier this year ... prior to the new purchase, I used an Shimano LX-9 speed cassette for 5 yrs...and had no problems just figured I make an upgrade. After 2 months of riding the cassette waffled... I took it to my local bike shop.. and purchased another XT 9 speed cassette.. and again same problem... 2 cassettes in 6 months!!! ... I have been riding for over 10yrs and have never experienced CRAP cassettes like these... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Duncan, BC,Canada
Date Reviewed: September 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt.Tzouhalem or The Dump | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | pro deal | | Strengths: | This rating is for the XT 760 cassette with 11/32 spacing.
Lightweight, quick shifting, long lasting with little wear showing. | | Weaknesses: | None apparent at this point. | | Similar Products Used: | LX and Deore cassettes. | | Bike Setup: | Two different bikes with these cassettes: 1) Kona Dawg Primo which has an XT drivetrain except for the cranks which are Race Face AM. Wheelset upgraded from Sun DS1XC to Mavic 819s with XT hubs (Sun rims tacoed on the 3rd ride). 2) Kona Kula Deluxe with full XT drivetrain and a few Ritchey bits, Thomson seat post, M717s with XT hubs. | | Bottom Line: | For sake of comparison, I weigh in at 195lbs when geared up to ride (camelback, shoes etc.) I would consider my riding style to be aggressive XC/All Mountain, and I tend to put out a lot of power on frequent long/sustained climbs.
I was cleaning and inspecting my Dawg Primo last night in preparation for a race, and gave each part a good going over. This bike now has about 870 Km on it (bought in April 05) and when I take it riding I usually go on a 10 to 35 km ride with over 500m of climbing (mixed road and trail) to get to the top of the mountain.
Compared to the Deore cassette that was on my other bike, and with similar mileage and use, this XT 760 cassette shows very little wear. I was getting used to taking the Deore casssette off and gently filing the sides of teeth to remove burrs to maintain decent shifting... not so with the XT.
The XT shifts very well and very quickly, where the Deore was more sloppy, pingy and not as quick.
The chain I was using with the Deore cassette was an HG73, and now with the XT I am using an HG 93. The better quality of the chain may be part of why the cassette is running more smoothly and lasting longer.
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Submitted by
Roland Reimer
a Cross Country Rider
from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Power Line | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Light, stiff, good alloys used. | | Weaknesses: | The 'dogs' on the inside of the alloy carrier wore down after three months of agressive trail riding. This resulted in slop between the cassete and the freehub. The 'dogs' do not use the entire length of the carrier, thus the load from pedalling is concentrated across less area than is available on the freehub. This design could also place unnecessary wear on the freehub, some of which are aluminum (like my Kings) and that would be bad news. I replaced this with a SRAM 990, which seems to have a better load distribution design in that it uses the full width of the freehub. | | Similar Products Used: | Other Shimano stuff | | Bike Setup: | Giant VT2 - kings, Mavic 819, Minute 2, WTB, Thompson, Race Face cranks, SRAM XO | | Bottom Line: | If you run an aluminum freehub or are a 'heavy' power rider, I would think, I twice about getting this cassette. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cory
a Weekend Warrior
from Virginia
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Smart | | Strengths: | Smooth shifting, light weight. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Deore 9spd., LX | | Bike Setup: | 05 Kona Dawg w/ full XT | | Bottom Line: | Lighter and a much quicker shift than the Deore or LX. No chain "popping" or anything like that when shifting, even under pressure. Find one on sale and upgrade your bike- you will notice a difference! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay Brown
a Cross Country Rider
from Machesney Park, Illinois
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike at the Pony Shop near Chicago | | Strengths: | its new maybe? | | Weaknesses: | What a hunk of junk. It rubs/grinds in the low/medium gears. | | Similar Products Used: | XTR, older XT's, SRAM. | | Bike Setup: | Everything on my new bike is the new 760 XT. | | Bottom Line: | Oh what a P.O.S. In the highest gears its very smooth. But in the lower gears it just grinds so bad. To the point where I want to shift to the wrong gear. I dont care, I cant stay in the low gears the grinding is terrible. I can feel it throughout the whole bike. I tried cleaning the cassete, chain numurous times-nothing works. Ive been riding 15 years, and never seen anything like this. I cant wait to junk this, problem is, I probably have to stick with shimano again, but I will go with XTR (way overpriced). So basically Im screwed by Shimano. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed
a Cross Country Rider
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Strengths: | Light, shifts very nicely | | Weaknesses: | 34 tooth ring is weak
Simano Warranty is a farse, they will virtually never honor a claim on this component | | Similar Products Used: | LX, XT 8-speed | | Bike Setup: | 1991 K2 Razorback team | | Bottom Line: | I bought this cassette a couple of weeks ago. I was impressed with its lightweight construction. I was also concerned with the minimalist desight of the sprockets. On my very first ride, not three minutes into it, I shifted to my 34t sprocked under moderate power and the sprocket waffled. I have never experienced this kind of failure from a cassette. I called shimano and their position was that thise was misuse! I asked them what kind of failure would not constitute misuse and they had no answer for me. This is completely unacceptible. Then to make matter worse, as I tried to bend the sproket back into place with plyers, it broke in two because the metal was so brittle. $50 down the drain.
To be fair to shimano, I am a clydesdale weighing in at 230 pounds. But when this thing failed I was not pedaling that hard. Very disappointing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
wannabeRacer
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Date Reviewed: December 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | strong, light and looks good | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM 9 speed 970 and other shimano's | | Bike Setup: | mod to the max | | Bottom Line: | Very light and strong and looks good. If you want to save weight and wants to climb up hills get the 11-32 combo or XTR if you got the money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rod Munch
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Rosa, Ca
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Annie's Dell | | Duration Product Used:</ |
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